Tornadoes confirmed in Wise and Dickenson

[beamer_ball]

2nd tornado in two years for Wise.

Not seen anything on the possible tornado in Russell County yet.


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
545 PM EDT TUE MAY 12 2009

...EF2 TORNADO DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN WISE COUNTY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS COMPLETED AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN NORTHERN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA AROUND 945 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT AN EF2 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 120 MILES AN HOUR...OCCURRED AROUND FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF POUND VIRGINIA.

TORNADO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE PATH OF THE STORM. TWO TRAILERS WERE DESTROYED AND ONE TRAILER WAS DAMAGED. SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. NUMEROUS TREES...SOME IN CLUSTERS...WERE DOWNED BY THE HIGH WIND SPEEDS. THE TORNADO MOVED ALONG A 1.7 MILE PATH THAT AVERAGED AROUND 120 MPH IN WIDTH.


?An EF0 tornado touched down intermittently along its 0.75 mile long path just north of Clintwood. It first touched down on Fairview Road then again on Bear Pen Creek Road. Trees uprooted and fell on a mobile home? with minor roof damage to two other homes. There were no deaths or injuries.?

[duckmeat]

I semi know one guy that this affected, the one that lived in the mobile home. Had a small baby, a pregnant wife, and himself and they just managed to get in a closet when it happened. If I'm not mistaken it knocked him out. Everybody is okay though. Sure is lucky....They say the damage is unreal though, looks like a bomb went off.